Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Justin Bieber is again on the news. The past weeks he was reported dead. Then he was reported to have been arrested as well for violating curfew hours. Now, Justin Bieber is hot in the news again. This time, he is rumored to have removed his left testicle. Did Justin Bieber remove his left testicle?

This is not confirmed. I personally doubt Justin Bieber removes left testicle. Huh!!! Anyway, this rumor could be caused by those who don't like Justin Bieber.

Tiger Woods Divorce Settlement amounts to $750 Million. Accordingly, Tiger Woods agreed to pay $750 million to Elin Nodergren in divorce settlement. In exchange for this, the terms included Elin Nordergren to never talk anything about Wood's affairs in public, not even to write of Tiger Woods even after the later's death.

What an agreement, but what an amount as well. Anwyay, next week, the papers are expected to be signed in Florida. So let's see if this one pushes through.

It's like there'll be another wedding soon. Zoe Saldana, the familiar face in "Star Trek" and "Avatar" is engaged to long time boyfriend Keith Britton. The announcement came fro Zoe Saldana's spokesman, but no further details were provided.

Spark is young, shiny new and has an electronica-sweet, pop sound, so if it were December the Guardian would be quaking and announcing her as rising sensation for 2011. So let's get all hysterical and announce she might be one to watch for Autumn! Oooo. We're cutting the hyperbole ten-fold here at tytoc collie.

This is a demo of her current single doing the rounds. Very nice to stick on your non-brand MP3 player and accompany any overly-warm public transport journey.

Victoria Beckham was one very familiar woaman in the world. Not because she was posh spice in the spice girls era. But because she married David Beckham of England. Victoria Beckham was seen walking with son. She was wearing colored yellow dress with her silver looking back. Victoria Beckham is now getting many attention because many are still hoping the reunion of the spice girls.

Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. That is the most common saying about beauty. But speaking of beauty, nobody can pass the beauty of Drew Barrymore. She has a cute smile and her eyes speak for herself. Drew Barrymore is one beautiful lady. Since her start in the 80's, Drew Barrymore captured the hearts of the people in the movie fire starter, where she holds the lead role in the movie. Drew Barrymore's beauty is considered a classic. it can go beyond time, timeless beauty for Drew Barrymore.

Early in Obama’s tenure as President, he packed up the Churchill bust from the Oval office and returned the gift back to Britain. At the time many wondered why and I’m not sure many tried to answer it, but now Beck believes he has the answer:

Barack Obama’s grandfather was imprisoned and brutally tortured by the British during the violent struggle for Kenyan independence, according to the Kenyan family of the US President-elect.Hussein Onyango Obama, Mr Obama’s paternal grandfather, became involved in the Kenyan independence movement while working as a cook for a British army officer after the war. He was arrested in 1949 and jailed for two years in a high-security prison where, according to his family, he was subjected to horrific violence to extract information about the growing insurgency.Mrs Onyango, 87, described how “white soldiers” visited the prison every two or three days to carry out “disciplinary action” on the inmates suspected of subversive activities.

“He said they would sometimes squeeze his testicles with parallel metallic rods. They also pierced his nails and buttocks with a sharp pin, with his hands and legs tied together with his head facing down,” she said The alleged torture was said to have left Mr Onyango permanently scarred, and bitterly antiBritish. “That was the time we realised that the British were actually not friends but, instead, enemies,” Mrs Onyango said. “My husband had worked so diligently for them, only to be arrested and detained.”

Beck believes this is huge in its implications and accuses the press of criminal negligence. I agree that the press was highly negligent of digging into Obama’s past, and he may be right that ‘it explains almost everything’, but it didn’t shake me as much as it appears to have shaken him. I know from watching Beck’s new chat feature that many were blown away by this revelation. Either way, you can decide how important this is. For me, at this point, it is quite interesting to know, but I find the 2010 elections and ‘taking our country back’ much more important.

Kristin makes Brody jealous when she hooks up with a bartender in Costa Rica while Audrina fights her attraction to Justin and Stephanie is at odds with the environment. These are some of glimpse that will happen. So don’t dare to watch it to feel the enjoyment.

If you wish to watch Hills s06e10 video trailer, please go to youtube and search for it there. I tried to embed the full video trailer for this episode by embedding has been disabled. So you must go there to see the preview clip. No streaming, no rapidshare downloads, no megavideo, megaupload, torrent, pirate bay downloads here.

There is a rumor about Fergie leaving her band mates, Black Eyed Peas because she had clashes with Will.I.Am. Fergie has already proven many things in her career. She was awarded 3 times hit topper hits in the Billboard top 100. Fergie is already 35 years old she still has many things to do in her career as a solo performer. Will.I.Am denied the allegations that he and Fergie have clashes in their group. But if when Fergie decides to leave the group, she will have a bright future as a solo artist.

(Reuters) - Pope Benedict called on Tuesday for a "world political authority" to manage the global economy and for more government regulation of national economies to pull the world out of the current crisis and avoid a repeat.

The pope made his call for a re-think of the way the world economy was run in a new encyclical which touched on a number of social issues but whose main connecting thread was how the current crisis has affected both rich and poor nations.

Parts of the encyclical, titled "Charity in Truth," seemed bound to upset free marketers because of its underlying rejection of unbridled capitalism and unregulated market forces, which he said had led to "thoroughly destructive" abuse of the system and "grave deviations and failures."

An encyclical is the highest form of papal writing and gives the clearest indication to the world's 1.1 billion Catholics -- and to non-Catholics -- of what the pope and the Vatican think about specific social and moral issues.

The pope said every economic decision had a moral consequence and called for "forms of redistribution" of wealth overseen by governments to help those most affected by crises.

Benedict said "there is an urgent need of a true world political authority" whose task would be "to manage the global economy; to revive economies hit by the crisis; to avoid any deterioration of the present crisis and the greater imbalances that would result." (Read more)

IT JUSTIN BIEBER'S DRIVING PERMIT!! It was leaked out to the internet. Dont ask me how coz i really dont know~ =P How do u think he looks? If u're wondering why his hair is not swept to the side like its normally is is because u have to show your full features on the face(including eyebrows) for official pictures.. Hence his hair is that way~ Teehee!!

I am excited to watch Paranormal Activity 2 Movie. Finally a teaser video/ trailer has been released. The old reliable youtube just have the Paranormal Activity 2 Preview clip. Thanks YouTube. Anyway, here's the teaser clip. I will discuss more about this film in my next post.

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Twilight Saga Eclipse is about to begin. I wonder how long Eclipse the movie is? Didn't you wonder about that too? Anyway, Twilight Saga Eclipse begins midnight tonight in selected countries. I'm still amazed at how fans waited for this movie. Twi-hards have started to line up, others have camped outside theaters or cinemas a day or days ahead for some. To watch Twilight Saga Eclipse may mean a lot of sacrifice for many fans. But in the end, will it all be worth it? Will the sacrifice to watch a vampire love saga be worth it?

Park Yong Ha, a 32 year old Korean actor was found dead in Seol Nonhyundong at his own house. His lifeless body was found hanging from a cellphone charging cable. The actor's body was discovered by his own mother at around 5:30am. If Park Yong Ha committed suicide or not is still a big question. Investigation is still going on.

ParkYong Ha is known for his roles in Winter Sonata, Men’s Story and On Air. My condolences to the family. May his soul rest in peace.

Watch Pretty Liars Episode 4 Video Teaser below. I did not know this tv program has a lot of followers. I might start watching Pretty Liars perhaps. I just got the Pretty Liars Season 4 Preview video. No full videos here as well as no live stream, nor rapidshare, megavideo, torrent downloads. Enjoy the video clip and watch out for Pretty Liars Episode 5.

The much awaited moment is here! Twilight Saga Eclipse will premiere in just a few more hours from now. Twi-hards have already started to line up to watch Twilight Saga Eclipse full movie, the third installment of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Saga Novel. The Twilight Saga Eclipse is believed to set a new box office record.

I'm not sure of there will be a tv channel or news channel that will provide for Twilight Saga Eclipse Streaming. In the advance screening of Eclipse in LA, there was a live streaming, so we shall figure out soon if the same will be made for Twilight Saga Eclipse premiere.

Got this photo from Huffingtonpost.com of Anna Chapman, the alleged Russian Spy, also called Anya Chapman or the "Lady in Red". The later description reminds me of a song.lol..

Anyway, Ana Chapman is 28 years old and has been accused of spying for the Russian government. She was a divorcee. Ana Chapman facebook photos have created a buzz recently after risque pictures of herself on FB- facebook came out.

Ana Chapman is charged with conspiracy and conspiracy to commit money laundering, with penalties of 5 to 25 years in prison max each.

The Spain vs Portugal 2010 World Cup 2010 Match has ended. It came as a surprise for only one goal was made in the entire game. Would you believe that? Good game played by both teams but only one victor emerged, and it is Spain defeating Portugal in the World Cup 2010 with 1-0. Congratulations to Spain!

Rumors have been spreading online about Carrie Prejean possibly getting married so soon. The controversial Miss California Carrie Prejean is rumored to walk down the aisle on friday with Kyle Boller, a first round NFL draft pick. The rumors are yet to be confirmed.

Many celebrities in Hollywood loses their figure when they stay low from the industry. Jessica Simpson is just one of those Hollywood Celebrities that stayed low and gained weight. Seeing Jessica Simpson right now is unbelievable because she has gained tremendous weight, considering that the was the girl on the Dukes of Hazard movie, washing the car part of the movie and video. Jessica Simpson should really consider getting a dietitian and enroll in gym sessions in order to lose the unwanted weight or excess weight. Because of her bad weight right now, Jessica Simpson is the food in every bar conversation, especially in Hollywood right now.

When talking about legion of male followers, Mgean Fox has tons of those. But this legion will not last longer because Megan Fox tied the knot with her boyfriend, Brian Austin Green in Hawaii. Megan Fox was just rumored to be engaged with Brian Austin Green but the rumors are true actually. According to reports, Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green tied the knot in the beach of Hawaii. Now that Megan Fox is already married, she better say goodbye to movie projects.

It is confirmed that Sandra Bullock is officially divorced with cheater, Jesse James. Sandra Bullock made sure that the court will favor her side after filing the divorce papers. Jesse James really wanted to save the marriage but Sandra Bullock was more determined to end her failed marriage. Recalling the events that happened, in March, Sandra Bullock received her best actress award and find out the her supportive husband was cheating on her while she was on shooting her movie. In April, Sandra Bullock requested space from her cheating husband, Jesse James. May, Sandra Bullock was moving to her hometown and Jesse James was also going to the same location. June, Sandra Bullocks filed divorced case was granted and she wins the match.

Monday, June 28, 2010

I depart for New Zealand next week after four years working in Indonesia. This is my last full week and it has been an unusual one as I have received a kalabubu, a letter and participated in a meeting on toolkits.

A kalabubu is a masculine ornament from the island of Nias, symbolizing high prestige and war success. In pre-national Nias, headtaking was associated with royalty, creative power, and masculinity. This kalabubu necklace (above)proclaimed that the wearer had taken a human head from an outsider group (sometimes in another region of the island) and had brought it back to the village, at the same time bringing creativity and protective forces to his community. Such an act also signified that the man was now an adult.I am most grateful to Nigel Ede for giving me a kalabubu. Nigel has just finished his tenure on Nias where he ran the Red Cross earthquake recovery operation.

With e-mail being the main form of communication these days, it was a pleasure to receive a letter last week by Indonesian post. These joys come rarely nowadays so I used my ancient letter opener to slice the envelope open. The letter read :

Dear Mr.Bob McKerrow,

The recovery effort following the 2004 tsunami brought together people from all corners of the world united in their dedication to help those most in need.

Although the public may have forgotten about the disaster, those who took part in rebuilding have committed to share the lessons with the world through the Tsunami Global Lessons Learned (TGLL).

This program is a joint initiative by theInternational Federation of the RedCross, United Nations and the Agency for Rehabilitation and Reconstruction (BRR)Aceh-­‐Nias, bringing together country representatives from countries affected by the tsunami along with recovery players.

Next week,TGLL will host a brainstorming session for the Development ofTool Kit for Disaster Recovery Practitioners.The BRR Institute on behalf of TGLL would like to invite you to this discussion.

We believe your valuable contribution will help make the tool kit beneficialto host governments and the actors on the ground....

So why am I making such a fuss about a toolkit ? In summary, it will be an opportubnity for those of us who have worked throughout the tsunami relief to recovery operation, to record our experiences and pass them on. Here is additional information for those who may ne interested.

1.1 Purpose of the toolkit

• To document the experiences of handling large scale reconstruction and recovery programmes and their complexities in order to provide guidance in the future after a disaster when new agencies are created or individuals tasked with managing agencies responsible for reconstruction and recovery.

• To provide a collation of key recovery related documents (such as reconstruction policies, institutional arrangements, guidelines etc.) produced after recent large scale disasters, for ready reference in future.

• To build capacity of agencies both at national and local level to enhance their ability in planning and implementing recovery programmes, estimating and allocating resources, increasing utilization of local institutions and capacities, and executing in time bound manner.

Some of the participants at a brainstorming session for the Development of a Tool Kit for Disaster Recovery Practitioners. Photo: Bob McKerrow

1.2 Target users of the toolkit

• Government agencies at national and sub-national level tasked with managing reconstruction and recovery programmes (in some case these are existing agencies given additional responsibilities, and in some cases new institutions are created after a large scale disaster)

• UN Agencies, inter-governmental organisations, NGOs and development partners supporting the Government and the affected communities in the process of reconstruction and recovery.From L to R. Dr. Kuntoro, Loy Rego and Bill Nicol at the workshop.Photo: Bob McKerrow

1.3 Scope of the toolkit

• Current scope of the toolkit would focus primarily on the experiences of reconstruction and recovery program in the tsunami affected countries.

• Readily available documentations from other recent large scale disasters such as 2001 Gujarat earthquake, 2005 Kashmir earthquake, 2008 Cyclone Nargis and 2008 Sichuan earthquake would be referred

• Subsequent version of the toolkit would take a multi-hazard approach and capture experiences in relation to other specific hazards in Asia such as earthquake, cyclones, floods etc.

1.4 Components of the toolkit

• Component 1: Handbook for reconstruction and recovery program practitioners

• Component 3: Training course on reconstruction and recovery programme implementation targeted at national and local agencies/institutions responsible for managing reconstruction and recovery.

The three musketeers: L to R. Satya Tripathi, Bill Nicol and self. Frequently we sit round a desk and discuss how we can make sure the lessons learned from the Tsunami are well documented, and passed on to others. Photo: Yogi Purmami

Satya and Bill have been my soulmates throughout my four years working on the Tsunami in Indonesia. Satya was head of the UN Tsunami operation in Aceh, and Bill was the senior adviser to Pak Kuntoro, the Minister for Tsunami. (BRR). Through many difficult challenges we formed a strong friendship, and enjoyed catching up again for the brainstorming session for the Development of a Tool Kit for Disaster Recovery Practitioners. Bill is working on a comprehensive book on the Tsunami and knowing Bill's journalistic skills and passion for tsunami, it promises to be a cracker.

“I’m definitely looking forward to it,” Iyaz spills about his upcoming summer tour with Justin Bieber. “It’s going to be fun. Not too many people know I’m on the tour…It’s supposed to be a surprise.”

Oops. Guess the cat’s out of the bag now.

Not familiar with Iyaz’s music? Then here’s the deets on this emerging star. Sean Kingston, who’s also on tour with the Biebs this summer, discovered Iyaz on MySpace. His single “Replay” was released in the Spring, and his full album will come out in August.

He’s been buds with Bieber for a little while now. “The VMAs were over and everyone was leaving to go outside and he’s short, so everyone starting to crowd around and coming in on him,” Iyaz explains about his first run-in with JB at the MTV Video Music Awards last year.

“I’m not much taller than him, but I just started pushing people off him,” he says. “I didn’t even know who these people were. And after that we’ve just been cool. We talk all the time.”

As for other celeb pals? He can name drop Miley Cyrus, too. Iyaz will appear on an August episode of Hannah Montana, and recorded a song with the Disney queen that will be released around the same time as the show’s finale.

I was shut down my laptop and take a shower, when my eyes caught glimpse of Vanessa Hudgens Sexy Bikini Photos. I don't know where these photos where taken but it seems it came from a Vanessa Hudgen's vacation somewhere. Vanessa Hudgens was wearing two piece bikini in these photos. I think she has a nice body.

There's another crazy rumor going on. Yes, the usual celebrity deaths. This time it's Britney Spears again that's rumored dead. Well, this is just a hoax. She is not dead. Britney Spears has not passed away. She is alive and well. Although, we haven't heard so much of Britney lately. Charice Pempengco has taken her place as the Pop Princess. Where is Britney anyway?

I'm not a big fan of Britney Spears, but am still curious at where is she now and what has happened to her. Does she have new album to be released?

This weekend, we will be witnessing another Ultimate Fighting Championship event sponsored by UFC between Lesnar and Carwin on July 3, 2010, with start time at 10pm on PPV. This is UFC 116 Lesnar vs Shane Carwin.

UFC 116 Live Stream will be held in MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. Brock Lesnar will fight the undefeated Interim Heavyweight Champion Shane Carwin for the UFC World Heavyweight Championship Title.

Pick your bet now? Will Lesnar defeat Carwin in this much awaited sports event- UFC 116? Catch the live action and witness UFC 116 live streaming on Pay Per View. Subscribe to PPV now!

Dakota Fanning will be guesting on Jimmy Kimmel Live this July 1, 2010. I'm a fan of Dakota Fanning. I still remember her face as a young girl. See that smiling photo of her above-left when she was still a kid. Look at her transformation now. She has really become a beautiful talented young lady.

Dakota Fanning is part of the upcoming Twilight Saga Eclipse, together with Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, and Ashley Greene. I think Dakota will be discussing about Twilight Saga Eclipse as well on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Anyway, Watch Twilight Saga Eclipse Full Movie in theaters. (Those who want to watch Twilight Saga Eclipse Free online, check out my earlier post on how to protect your pc from possible viruses/malware).

Who will be eliminated and be voted off in So You Think You Can Dance Season 7 Episode 11 airing on July 1, 2010. One unlucky contestant will be voted off out of 9. Who will that be? Who will be eliminated in So You Think You Can Dance 7/01/2010? Watch this episode on Fox at 9 pm. I will give you an update on who gets kicked off soon.

Watch Hannah Montana Season 4 Episode 1: Our House Is A Very Very New House (04x01). Hanna Montana Season 4 is here and it will premiere on July 11, 2010 at 7:30 pm on Disney. Okay, before going further with this post, there seems to be another variation of Hannah Montanna Season 4 Episode 1 title. Some sources say the title is Sweet Home Hannah Montana while the others say Our House is a very very new House. Not sure which one is the correct title. This one has to be clarified. I will update soon.

Hannah Montana S04e01 is obviously about the new house. Here Miley and his whole family has move to new home. When they went inside their room Miley become confused because the furniture she Saw was knew and His dad bought it so she said " you bought new furniture without consulting me and it looks good? " His Dad bought a new TV for Jackson's Room which make him very exited.

Here's the Hannah Montana Season 4 Episode 1 teaser/promo video

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When blogger introduced new changes to blogger themes and controls, it also disables the adding of Html/Javascript in your "Add Page Elements" section in blogger without the corresponding Title. Hence, you get this message "Required Field must not be blank". See photo.

This was not the case before. We don't always need to put a title to the elements we put in our blogger blogs, hence to solve this problem just put this code in the title field "<h></h2>" See photo below and then save. Your added javascript should not contain any text in the title.